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    4.6L block questions???

    I was given some 4.6L engine parts by a friend of mine. He couldn't remember what the 4.6L was out of ( he use to work at a large Ford/SVT dealer ) .

    I know very little about the 4.6's. I've got an engine block, rods and pistons and I think I may have the crank too. The pistons have coated skirts.

    The engine block is a cast iron block. It has a couple large "W" cast into it. So I'm assuming it's from the Windsor assembly plant. It has an engineering/casting # that starts with "F7". And it has crossbolt main caps.

    Did all the 4.6L's have crossbolt main caps? I'm trying to figure out if this was a SOHC or a DOHC block. And if it's worth bothering with or if it should get tossed with the next load of scrap metal.

    Can anyone school me on how to ID this block? Thanks.
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    If you only have the short block worth of the engine and no cams... if you plan on building it up, it doesn't matter what it was... you can turn it into either. The difference is mainly the heads/cams. I think F7 just refers to the fact that it's a 97 year engine. I think the rest of the stamping will tell more.

    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
    rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

    Originally posted by gadget73
    ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

    Originally posted by dmccaig
    Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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      #3
      Originally posted by slymer View Post
      If you only have the short block worth of the engine and no cams... if you plan on building it up, it doesn't matter what it was... you can turn it into either. The difference is mainly the heads/cams. I think F7 just refers to the fact that it's a 97 year engine. I think the rest of the stamping will tell more.
      I don't have any plans to build a 4.6L right now. I don't have the cash.

      The F7 doesn't mean it's a 97 it's just that's the year that specific design was introduced. The # was "F7" then a 5or6 ( hard to read ) and then "E".

      I just didn't want to scrap a block that might be something special. But I have a feeling it's a plain jane SOHC block.

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        #4
        looks like F75E is a 5.4L block (SOHC or Triton '97-'01) and F76E is the E-Series van block - SOHC.

        found on this page

        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
        rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

        Originally posted by gadget73
        ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

        Originally posted by dmccaig
        Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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          #5
          Thanks for the info. I'm almost positive it's a 4.6L not the 5.4L. That website you posted list the F75E as a 4.6L block too.

          The way it looks the Windsor blocks must be trucks/vans. I guess The block I've got gets scrapped.

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            #6
            oh yeah... guess the difference would be the bore/stroke then. *shrugs*

            yeah... looks like it's all for toque heavy applications. Only the 5.4L version has an option for a Mustang.

            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
            rides: 93 Crown Vic LX (The Red Velvet Cake), 2000 Crown Vic base model (Sandy), 2003 Expedition (the vacation beast)

            Originally posted by gadget73
            ... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.

            Originally posted by dmccaig
            Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.

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              #7
              I found this site that breaks down the block differences.

              http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/Summer2010/Ford_4-6.htm#difference


              For some reason when I saw this block with the crossbolt main caps I was thinking it might be a DOHC block. I knew most of them were aluminum but I was hoping it was something worth hanging onto or selling. But it's just a truck motor. Oh well I'll get a few bucks out of it from scrapping it.

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